Note 48 — Chapter II · ÁHMEDÁBÁD KINGS. a.d. 1403–1573.

Dábhol (north latitude 17° 34′; east longitude 73° 16′), on the north bank of the river Váshishti (called Halewacko and Kalewacko by the early navigators. See Badger’s Varthema, page 114 note 1) in the British district of Ratnágiri. About this time, according to Athanasius Nikitin (a.d. 1468–1474), Dábhol was the great meeting place for all nations living along the coast of India and Ethiopia. In a.d. 1501 it was taken by the Portuguese. Between a.d. 1626 and 1630 an English factory was established here, but by the end of the century trade had left Dábhol and has never returned. ↑